Alpenus investigatorum

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Alpenus investigatorum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Alpenus
Species:
A. investigatorum
Binomial name
Alpenus investigatorum
(Karsch, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Spilosoma investigatorumKarsch, 1898
  • Spilosoma cribrariaBartel, 1903
  • Spilosoma mhondanaBartel, 1903
  • Alpenus cribraria(Bartel, 1903)
  • Alpenus mhondana(Bartel, 1903)
  • Diacrisia investigatorum ab. extremaDufrane, 1953

Alpenus investigatorum is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1898. It is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Angola and Ghana. [1]

The larvae feed on Begonia , Carica papaya , Commelina , Aster , Bidens pilosa , Cosmos , Dahlia , Galinsoga parviflora , Zinnia , Ipomoea batatas , Brassica oleracea , Ricinus , Zea mays , Gossypium , Morus , Boerhavia , Arachis hypogaea , Russelia juncea and Nicotiana tabacum .

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 25, 2019.


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